A comparison between the results of fissurectomy and lateral internal sphincterotomy in the surgical management of chronic anal fissure

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1279-1282

  Mousavi, S R ^a   Sharifi, M ^b   Mehdikhah, Zohreh ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chronic fissure in ano; Fissurectomy (F); Lateral internal sphincterotomy (LIS)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349213590     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-0908-5     Document Type: Article

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